clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
man proposes, God disposes; do your best and leave the rest to providence; (lit.) man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
damn it; damn; beast; animal; person reborn into the animal realm; brute
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrograde motion
countermeasure; counter-measure
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
serious wound; serious injury
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
western edge (e.g. of city); west side
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to help carry a load; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening